OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Biology Letters is 4. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Unravelling a diversity of cellular structures and aggregation dynamics during the early development of Myxococcus xanthus	18
Patterns of sexual dimorphism in the armoured tardigrades	12
Genetic and evolutionary divergence of harbour seals ( Phoca vitulina ) in Iliamna Lake, Alaska	10
Optimally warm roost temperatures during lactation do not improve body condition in a long-lived bat	9
Chicks produce consonant, sometimes jazzy, sounds	9
Orsay virus infection increases Caenorhabditis elegans resistance to heat-shock	9
Polarized light detection in bumblebees varies with light intensity and is mediated by both the ocelli and compound eyes	9
A burrowing annelid from the early Cambrian	8
Distribution and developmental timing of zebrafish liver innervation	8
Sonic restoration: acoustic stimulation enhances plant growth-promoting fungi activity	8
Reproduction results in parallel changes of oxidative stress and immunocompetence in a wild long-living mammal—edible dormouse Glis glis	7
Fisheries-induced life-history changes recover in experimentally harvested fish populations	7
Pulsed artificial light at night alters moth flight behaviour	7
Dogs with a vocabulary of object labels retain them for at least 2 years	6
A demographic assessment of the Lansing Effect in duckweed ( Lemna turionifera Landolt)	6
A brief review of non-avian dinosaur biogeography: state-of-the-art and prospectus	6
Bat consumption by holostean fishes in the Eocene Lake Messel: insights into the trophic adaptability of extinct gars and bowfins	6
Neural mechanisms of mutualistic fish cleaning behaviour: a study in the wild	6
Breed function and behaviour correlate with endocranial volume in domestic dogs	6
Activity of forkhead box P2-positive neurons is associated with tadpole begging behaviour	6
No evidence for an up-regulation of female immune function in response to elevated risk of sexual conflict	6
Molecular correlates of swarming behaviour in Aedes aegypti males	6
Host genetic diversity and body condition influence parasite resistance and clearance in a wild marine mammal population	5
Hidden rivals: the negative impacts of dolphinfish on seabird foraging behaviour	4
Exploring fluctuating asymmetry in two recovering populations of the Eurasian otter	4

Evidence for inbreeding depression in captive Damaraland mole-rats	4
Constant companions: wild zebra finch pairs display extreme spatial cohesion	4
Predation affects the evolution of sex-specific longevity	4
The functions of leg muscles, structures and mechanisms in running	4
Density-dependent dispersal reduces conflict over the sex ratio	4
An ulvophycean marine green alga produces large parthenogenetic isogametes as predicted by the gamete dynamics model for the evolution of anisogamy	4
Do risk-prone behaviours compromise reproduction and increase vulnerability of fish aggregations exposed to fishing?	4
Range-wide salamander densities reveal a key component of terrestrial vertebrate biomass in eastern North American forests	4
Vampire bats rapidly fuel running with essential or non-essential amino acids from a blood meal	4
Remote islands as natural laboratories: human–food association increases attraction to humans and novelty exploration in a seabird	4